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Gruff Rhys, sometime Super Furry Animal and recent recipient of the inaugural Welsh Music Prize, has announced details of a singularly non-god-bothery Christmas release entitled the Atheist Xmas EP.

Atheist Xmas EP

Released on 19 December, the secularist EP is described as "an unholy trinity of three turkey-free new tracks for the festive season".

Post Apocalypse Christmas sees Gruff re-imagining Christmas "through the semi-melted eyes of a nuclear holocaust survivor". At The End Of The Line also features in the soundtrack for Jesus And Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart's semi-autobiographical short film Long Distance Information. Slashed Wrists This Christmas "addresses the seasonal [but] taboo subjects of manic depression and suicide".

Cheery stuff. But I'd imagine in Gruff's svelte hands, three tracks of more invention in one bar than X Factor's inevitable Number One. Don't forget, in the run-up to this festive season, you can check out our Welsh Number Ones page with information on our four Christmas chart-toppers.

Gruff Rhys will also be making three in-store record shop appearances on 19 December, to coincide with the EP's release. He'll play solo sets at Cardiff's at midday, Bristol's at 3pm and London's at 8pm.

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